Prince Turki Al-Faisal
President of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Finkel Lecture Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research Building 131, Garran Rd, ANU
This lecture is free and open to the public. Please register attendance with ANU Events.
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His Royal Highness Prince Turki AlFaisal is Chairman of the Board of the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. He is one of Saudi Arabia’s leading intellectuals, with a very rich record of public service. A graduate of Georgetown University in Washington DC, Prince AlFaisal was appointed as an Advisor to the Royal Court in 1973 and subsequently served as the Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) from 1977 to 2001. In 2002, Prince AlFaisal was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland, and from 2005 until 2007 served as Ambassador to the United States.
Prince AlFaisal currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, the International Crisis Group, and the Centre for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University. He is also a Commissioner at the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.